Opinion: The moral of this sick story? Sexual vultures can be closer than you think.

There’s a lot to be shocked about in the stunning story of the sixth-grade Goodyear teacher who allegedly was giving one-on-one sex education classes to one of her students.

But there also is one important teaching moment for parents.

This week, new details have emerged in the sick case of Las Brisas Academy teacher Brittany Zamora. Goodyear police say the then 27-year-old teacher groomed one of her 13-year-old students – with the assistance of school district software, no less – and had sexual encounters with him in her car and in her classroom.

At times, while class was in session. And at least once, when she used another student as a lookout, the records say.

That’s straight up nauseating.

Principal did nothing, lawsuit claims

But the most shocking part of this shocking story comes not from a sick-o teacher but from a clueless principal.

According to a lawsuit filed by the boy’s parents, other teachers warned school administrators of Zamora’s inappropriate relationship with the boy in January 2018. Three students told Principal Timothy Dickey what was going on.

Instead of calling the boy’s parents – or the police – the lawsuit says Dickey delivered a lecture to the students about the dangers of spreading rumors.

Never mind, apparently, the dangers of having a sexual predator in an elementary school.

The bright spot: This boy's parents

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Goodyear teacher Brittany Zamora is arrested on March 22, 2018, on suspicion of sexual misconduct with her 13-year-old student.
William Flannigan, azcentral

There is bright spot in this disturbing story: the boy's parents.

Simply put, they cared enough to do their jobs and check up on their son when they noticed he was acting differently.

The parents installed an app, Sentry Parental Control, to monitor their son’s cell phone use. Imagine their shock to find that their son’s teacher was sending their 13-year-old boy naked pictures of herself and sexually explicit messages.

Things like, "If I could quit my job and (have sex with) you all day long, I would.”

Zamora was arrested in March 2018 and is awaiting trial for multiple charges of sexual misconduct with a minor, child molestation, furnishing obscene materials to a minor and public sexual indecency.

The Liberty Elementary School District has been hit with a $2.5 million lawsuit, which sounds low if you ask me.

The devastated family has moved and the parents reportedly are doing everything they can to ensure their son’s well being.